Wrecked Barcelona after the riots 1. The wrecked College of Mary's Brothers 2. The burnt-out Convent of San Antonio de los Escolapios 3. The ruined College of the Escolapios 4. Birds-eye view of one of the districts devastated by the fire 5. The vaults of the Convent of la Magdalena , which the mob broke open , taking the mummified bodies , standing some of them at the doors with rifles , and parading others through the streets. 6. A barricade made chiefly from bedsteads taken from a convent 7. A wrecked altar in the church of Santa Madrona 6. The remains of the roof of Los Beatos Convent 14 August 1909 Tragic Week (in Catalan la Setmana Tr?gica, in Spanish la Semana Tr獺gica) (25 July - 2 August 1909) is the name used for a series of bloody confrontations between the Spanish army and the working classes of Barcelona and other cities of Catalonia (Spain), backed by anarchists, socialists and republicans, during the last week of July 1909. It was caused by the calling-up of reserve troops by Prime Minister Antonio Maura to be sent as reinforcements when Spain renewed military-colonial activity in Morocco on 9 July, in what is known as the Second Rif War.